Your Lovely Smile movie review: Lim Kah-wai, Hirobumi Watanabe’s movie shines a light on Japan’s independent cinemas
3/5 stars Independent filmmaker Hirobumi Watanabe portrays a version of himself in director Lim Kah-wai’s Your Lovely Smile. Part-documentary, part wistful ode to the less glamorous side of the film industry, it follows Watanabe as he travels across Japan, peddling his cinematic wares to the proprietors of small, family-run picture houses. At once a gently … Read more
